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Incidence of paralytic strokes cases increase in Chennai during coronavirus pandemic!

Posted on: 19/Nov/2020 1:51:35 PM
According to a press release from the Apollo Hospitals, the rate of incidence of paralytic stroke has recorded a surge in Chennai during the current periods of the raging Coronavirus Pandemic,!

Apollo Hospitals notification stated further that its OMR facility saved more than 250 patients between 20 and 80 years of age, from paralysis caused due to Stroke within a span of eleven months since January 2020.

Added stress due to extended lockdown has also been considered as a contributing factor in stroke among young people.

The Indian Stroke Association has observed on this development:

17 million people suffer a stroke each year of which six million dies and five million remain permanently disabled. Additionally, 80 per cent of stroke deaths occur in lower- and middle-income countries including India due to inadequate preventive and stroke management facilities. Stroke cases have surged due to various factors including sedentary lifestyle, hypertension, smoking and obesity during this pandemic.

The Indian Strokes Association added further:

Apollo Specialty Hospitals, OMR receive more than 250 stroke patients in the past eleven months and most of them are under 40 years of age.